Footboard

Abstract

A footboard which can be used in case of necessity by drawing out a footboard main body as a tread from a lower portion or a vicinity of the lower portion of a portion for getting on and off and then by lowering the footboard main body to an intermediate position of a height from a drawn out position to the ground below the footboard in order to make it extremely easy not only for general well-built adult men but also children, women, elderly people, people with leg or lumbar disabilities to get on and off a step portion and especially an automobile with a large vehicle height, called a van or a recreational vehicle, and having a door for getting on and off in a relatively high position. This is formed by assembling attachment members for attaching the footboard to the step portion, e.g., a floor face or a vicinity of the floor face of the portion for getting on and off of the automobile, left and right slide rails supported by the attachment members to advance and recede in a back-and-forth direction, left and right lifting/lowering stays formed by supporting through pins slide rails respectively mounted to the left and right slide rails, a footboard main body supported horizontally by the left and right lifting/lowering stays, and a mortise grip provided to the footboard main body for carrying out advancing/receding and lifting/lowering operations of the footboard main body in the back-and-forth direction.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A footboard for making it easy for a person to get on and off a step portion and comprising: 
       an attachment member for attaching said footboard to a floor face or a vicinity of said floor face of a portion for getting on and off of said step portion;  
       left and right advancing/receding members supported by said attachment member to advance and recede in a back-and-forth direction;  
       left and right lifting/lowering stays respectively mounted to said left and right advancing/receding members;  
       a footboard main body supported horizontally or substantially horizontally by the left and right lifting/lowering stays;  
       an operating member provided to said footboard main body and formed of a grip or a handle with which advancing/receding and lifting/lowering operations are carried out; and  
       wherein each of said left and right lifting/lowering stays respectively mounted to said left and right advancing/receding members is formed of a link body formed by crossing two stays in an X shape in a side view and fixing a portion of intersection for pivoting by a pin.  
     
     
       2. The footboard according to  claim 1 , wherein said left and right advancing/receding members for advancing/receding in said back-and-forth direction are formed of a pair of left and right slide rails. 
     
     
       3. The footboard according to  claim 1 , wherein said left two and right two stays are respectively formed of slide rails. 
     
     
       4. The footboard according to  claim 1 , wherein said attachment member for attaching said footboard to said floor face or a vicinity of said floor face of said portion for getting on and off of said step portion also functions as a cover in which said left and right advancing/receding members and said left and right lifting/lowering stays are accommodated when said footboard main body is in an accommodated state. 
     
     
       5. The footboard according to  claim 1 , wherein said step portion is a step portion of an automobile, a staircase of a house, or a vestibule. 
     
     
       6. The footboard according to  claim 2 , wherein said attachment member for attaching said footboard to said floor face or a vicinity of said floor face of said portion for getting on and off of said step portion also functions as a cover in which said left and right advancing/receding members and said left and right lifting/lowering stays are accommodated when said footboard main body is in an accommodated state. 
     
     
       7. The footboard according to  claim 2 , wherein said step portion is a step portion of an automobile, a staircase of a house, or a vestibule. 
     
     
       8. The footboard according to  claim 3 , wherein said attachment member for attaching said footboard to said floor face or a vicinity of said floor face of said portion for getting on and off of said step portion also functions as a cover in which said left and right advancing/receding members and said left and right lifting/lowering stays are accommodated when said footboard main body is in an accommodated state. 
     
     
       9. The footboard according to  claim 3 , wherein said step portion is a step portion of an automobile, a staircase of a house, or a vestibule. 
     
     
       10. The footboard according to  claim 4 , wherein said step portion is a step portion of an automobile, a staircase of a house, or a vestibule.